Finland's Ovumia buys Nova Vita fertility clinic in Tallinn

The Finnish fertility treatment services company Ovumia OY has bought the Nova Vita clinic in the Estonian capital Tallinn, which is set to start offering the service of egg feezing and expand its offering to foreign patients under the new owner, reports LETA.

"We can clearly see that health
care in Estonia is developing toward internationalization. This provides a good
opportunity to raise the standard of lab services to an even higher level
corresponding to the highest level globally and to provide people in Estonia
with the best possible fertility treatment," Ovumia Board Chairman Pekka
Sillanaukee said in a press release.

Sillanaukee said that, among other
things, the Estonian government's plan to move on with the implementation of
the directive on the free movement of patients encouraged them to make the
acquisition. "This is a positive and right trend, aiming to guide the
patient to where there is readiness and the ability to serve them
immediately."

"Our employees will remain the
same despite the sale of the company. In collaboration with experienced
specialists from Ovumia we will be
able to expand our base of know-how and services," Nova Vita CEO Merike Seer said.

She added that collaboration with Ovumia OY will increase the number of
jobs at the Nova Vita clinic. Nova Vita continues to work closely with
the Estonian Health Insurance Fund and hopes to provide services to Estonian
patients also in the future.

Ovumia is planning to expand the offering of procedures and
diagnostic methods in Estonia. The possibility to freeze human eggs is to be
offered already before the end of 2015.

Besides the new owner is planning to
boost the numbers of fertility treatment patients coming to the Nova Vita clinic from Finland,
Scandinavia and Central Europe.

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